# PhishDestroy threat dossier — investudy.kz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-31 23:31:41 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/investudy.kz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 77.220.207.191 (KZ, Almaty) ASN: ASAS51162 PFNB-AS JSC Kazteleport - subsidiary of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan, KZ Hosting org: AS51162 JSC Kazteleport - subsidiary of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan Registrar: HOSTER.KZ Nameservers: ns1.hoster.kz, ns2.hoster.kz, ns3.hoster.kz Registered: 2022-03-04 Page title: Бесплатное предобучение HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-11 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 4e6b1bc59acf8b74bd8076e3330f4a6fa55703064f20ecc1fd6b74f51d8a45e3 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.investudy.kz ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2022-03-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-15 14:02:07 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-17 16:00:42 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-08-01 00:36:02 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ecb27-b585-77b8-9bda-b60d611c6ae8/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/c756f305-c33a-42ce-b826-040b21545e95 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/investudy.kz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.investudy.kz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=investudy.kz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/investudy.kz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/investudy.kz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 17:38:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] investudy.kz: Credential Harvesting Phishing Site Impersonating This domain, investudy.kz, is identified as an active credential harvesting phishing site designed to deceive users through fraudulent educational service offers. The page title, Бесплатное предобучение (Free Pre-Training), suggests a lure targeting individuals seeking educational opportunities, likely in Kazakhstan given the domain’s .kz TLD and hosting infrastructure. Analysis indicates no direct association with known drainer kits or specific brand impersonation, but the site follows a common phishing pattern of offering free services to harvest login credentials, personal data, or financial information. Infrastructure analysis reveals multiple high-risk technical indicators. The domain resolves to IP address 77.220.207.191, hosted on AS51162 (JSC Kazteleport, a subsidiary of Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan), and was registered through HOSTER.KZ on March 04, 2022. The SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt (YR2), a common choice for both legitimate and malicious sites due to its free availability. VirusTotal detection shows 3 out of 95 security vendors flagging the domain as malicious, while it appears on one additional security blocklist. The domain is currently not listed on Google Safe Browsing but has been blocked by independent threat intelligence feeds. As of this assessment, investudy.kz remains active and poses a high risk to users. The domain’s infrastructure, combined with its localized targeting and lack of widespread detection, suggests it may evade some automated defenses. Recommended response actions include immediate blocking of the domain and IP at network and endpoint levels, along with user education to recognize phishing lures related to free educational offers. Given the hosting provider’s association with a major Kazakh financial institution, further investigation into potential abuse of legitimate infrastructure is warranted. Users are advised to avoid interacting with the site and to verify educational offers through official channels only. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260617-26005D Favicon MD5: d9fc4ce2954354d7fd36516d71234728 TLS cert SHA-256: 4e6b1bc59acf8b74bd8076e3330f4a6fa55703064f20ecc1fd6b74f51d8a45e3 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/investudy.kz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=investudy.kz Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 196,231 domains (101,034 alive under monitoring, 27,265 confirmed neutralized). Site: https://phishdestroy.io